Disclaimer: Some mentions of sex and sexuality. 

Disclaimer: I don't speak any form of Chinese and my pronunciation is awful. I sincerely apologize for butchering these names.. 

music: Tangerine by Jason Shaw

picture: "Tang Empress Wu Zetian" by Gary Lee Todd, Ph.D. is marked with CC0 1.0

the picture is of a statue of the empress. 

Sources: 

Brazen Rebel Women Who Rocked the World

https://www.worldhistory.org/Wu_Zetian/

thoughtco.com/life-of-wu-zetian-688051

https://www.ancient-origins.net/ancient-places-asia/wu-zetian-0012453